Ring of Poison: THE BALLAD OF F*CK ALL

I'd like to see you pluck a ring announcer, give your announcer an identity. Personally I was envisioning him as Steven DeAngelo. The indies have some great ring announcers though, from Larry Legend to Pedro DeLuca to Joey Eastman, Gavin Loudspeaker, Kevin Harvey.. It shouldn't be too hard to assign an identity to your ring announcer and would give an added boost of "feel" to your federation.

Frightmare and Jigsaw was a very good opener and exactly the type of match that should open the show. I like the "Jacobs vs. the luchadors" angle going on.

Nigel/Claudio/Ares promo was interesting.

I heard Ants Go Marching at the store the other day and immediately thought of the Colony. Going to production songs was the worst move CHIKARA has ever made because it takes so much out of the show. I heard Donst's song verbatim somewhere else, on an older wrestling show.. And it's a cover of an old Black Sabbath song. ROH is the one who created this nonsense idea that "if you're on iPPV, you can't use real music". You're indy wrestling. Stop trying to be more.

Tag match was good with a good finish. I like that the heels went over dirty. Puts them over strong, while still protecting your babyfaces.

London and Kendrick clearly got hit with the Back Fist to the Future at some point, and thus they are now time travelers.

The Lethal Lottery should be great.

Hero vs. Danielson was a catch as catch can classic. Would love to see these two in a more extended program, because Danielson vs. Hero is something that was never truly done. IWA Mid South did it once, and ROH may have done it once.. But they never really crossed paths at all

The Polo Lounge was interesting. Not sure what to make of it. Hopefully Raven shows up and murders him for tarnishing the family name.

Ares looks strong in his debut but not strong enough to beat Nigel. A well fought match though. Claudio and Nigel should be a lot of fun. More European Uppercuts than you can count!

It's official, Jimmy's lost it. Not sure if he ever had it, but it's certainly gone now.

I'm disappointed that Beautiful People wasn't leading to Bad Breed vs. MCMG. That'd be something to see.

I'll agree with ant that the tag team title match had a main event super match feel and quality to it. One of those circumstances where it's solely because a World title match came after it. I like that the tag team titles aren't just props for guys who aren't doing anything as singles wrestlers and do mean something. Tag team wrestling is a dying art.

The main event was great. Brutal, stiff, intense. Exactly what was to be expected from these two. From a booking perspective I like that the show ends with the cliffhanger to tune in next time, but from a business perspective I'm not entirely sure that's the way to end an iPPV. I've a gray area. You definitely pulled off the closing angle, but I somewhat question it's placement. It almost feels like this should've been second to last, with the tag match as the finale, to send the fans and the viewers home happy with a clean finish and sportsmanship.